Cavaliers AudioVerse

{{Infobox broadcasting network

| name = Cavaliers AudioVerse

| logo = Cavs Audioverse.jpg

| logo_size = 250

| type = Radio network

| country = United States

| headquarters = Cleveland, Ohio

| broadcast_area = {{ubl|Ohio|West Virginia (limited)|Pennsylvania (limited)}}

| owner = Cleveland Cavaliers

| affiliation = NBA

| affiliates = 20 (including 2 flagships)

| website = {{url|https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/broadcast}}

}}

The Cavaliers AudioVerse is an American radio network composed of 20 radio stations which carry English-language coverage of the Cleveland Cavaliers, a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Cleveland sister stations WTAM ({{frequency|1100|AM}}) and WMMS ({{frequency|100.7|FM}}) serve as the network's two flagships; WTAM also relays its signal over a low-power FM translator. The network also includes eighteen affiliates in the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia: thirteen AM stations, ten of which supplement their signals with low-power FM translators; and five full-power FM stations.

Tim Alcorn is the current play-by-play announcer, while Jim Chones serves as color analyst.{{cite news|last=Fedor|first=Chris|date=September 23, 2019|title=Cleveland Cavaliers, Fox Sports Ohio tab John Michael as play-by-play announcer; Tim Alcorn named team's radio broadcaster|url=https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2019/09/cleveland-cavaliers-fox-sports-ohio-tab-john-michael-as-play-by-play-announcer.html|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland, Ohio|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018032409/https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2019/09/cleveland-cavaliers-fox-sports-ohio-tab-john-michael-as-play-by-play-announcer.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Schudel|first=Jeff|date=September 23, 2019|title=Tim Alcorn from WEOL in Lorain named Cavs new radio play-by-play announcer|url=https://www.news-herald.com/sports/cavaliers/tim-alcorn-from-weol-in-lorain-named-cavs-new-radio/article_1a2951a6-de0f-11e9-85a2-8bbc8f309c66.html|newspaper=The News-Herald|location=Painesville, Ohio|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018032418/https://www.news-herald.com/sports/cavaliers/tim-alcorn-from-weol-in-lorain-named-cavs-new-radio/article_1a2951a6-de0f-11e9-85a2-8bbc8f309c66.html|url-status=live}} In addition to traditional over-the-air AM and FM broadcasts, network programming airs on SiriusXM satellite radio; and streams online via SiriusXM Internet Radio, TuneIn Premium, and NBA League Pass Audio.{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite web|author=Press release|date=December 5, 2013|title=SiriusXM and NBA to Launch Exclusive 24/7 NBA Channel on Dec. 9 with David Stern, Adam Silver, NBA All-Stars, Legends and Owners|url=http://investor.siriusxm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=811828|work=Investor.SiriusXM.com|publisher=SiriusXM|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007114846/http://investor.siriusxm.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=811828|archive-date=October 7, 2014}}|{{cite web|date=2014|title=Radio Broadcast Info|url=http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/broadcast/radio|work=NBA.com/Cavaliers|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007122425/http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/broadcast/radio|archive-date=October 7, 2014}}|{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tunein-partners-with-national-basketball-association-to-broadcast-live-audio-of-nba-games-to-fans-worldwide-300231462.html|title=TuneIn Partners with National Basketball Association to Broadcast Live Audio of NBA Games to Fans Worldwide|access-date=March 1, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180406/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tunein-partners-with-national-basketball-association-to-broadcast-live-audio-of-nba-games-to-fans-worldwide-300231462.html|url-status=live}}}}

History

In 2008, longtime flagship WTAM signed a five-year contract extension with the Cavaliers through the 2013–14 season; in 2011, a Cavs spokesman stated there were "multiple years" remaining on the team's contract with WTAM, without specifying an end date. In 2014, WTAM owner iHeartMedia (formerly Clear Channel) announced a new "multi-year" contract with the team; this new arrangement also established simulcasts on WTAM sister station WMMS.{{cite web|date=October 8, 2014|title=Cleveland Cavaliers Games To Be Simulcast On WMMS, WTAM|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134264/cleveland-cavaliers-games-to-be-simulcast-on-wmms-|work=AllAccess.com|publisher=All Access Media Group|access-date=October 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009130701/http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/134264/cleveland-cavaliers-games-to-be-simulcast-on-wmms-|archive-date=October 9, 2014}}{{cite web|date=May 12, 2008|title=WTAM, Cavaliers Ink New Deal|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/40096/wtam-cavaliers-ink-new-deal|work=AllAccess.com|publisher=All Access Media Group|access-date=October 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007093553/http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/40096/wtam-cavaliers-ink-new-deal|archive-date=October 7, 2014}} Additional affiliates were added in the Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati markets, coinciding with LeBron James' heavily publicized return to the team.{{cite web|last=Kleps|first=Kevin|date=September 28, 2014|title=Full court press: How local media is preparing for a Cavs season like no other|url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140928/SUB1/309289982/full-court-press-how-local-media-is-preparing-for-a-cavs-season-like|work=Crain's Cleveland Business|location=Cleveland, Ohio|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093011/http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20140928/SUB1/309289982/full-court-press-how-local-media-is-preparing-for-a-cavs-season-like|url-status=live}}{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite news|last=Dyer|first=Mike|date=September 3, 2014|title=Ticket info announced for LeBron's Cavs game in Cincinnati|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/special%20sports%20report/2014/09/03/cavaliers-announce-ticket-info-for-cincy-and-columbus/15015417/|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007092712/http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/special%20sports%20report/2014/09/03/cavaliers-announce-ticket-info-for-cincy-and-columbus/15015417/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=|archive-date=October 7, 2014}}|{{cite press release|date=November 10, 2014|title=iHeart Media Cincinnati Joins Cavaliers Radio Network|url=http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/iheart-media-cincinnati-141110|work=NBA.com/Cavaliers|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC|access-date=November 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112141214/http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/releases/iheart-media-cincinnati-141110|archive-date=November 12, 2014}}}}

John Michael took over as the team's lead play-by-play announcer starting in the 2011–12 season following the retirement of longtime radio voice Joe Tait.{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Tom|date=December 24, 2011|title=Cleveland Cavaliers' new radio voice made right decision to leave law career, judging from results|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2011/12/cleveland_cavaliers_new_radio.html|newspaper=The Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland, Ohio|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114090754/http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2011/12/cleveland_cavaliers_new_radio.html|archive-date=January 14, 2012}} After the death of lead TV play-by-play announcer Fred McLeod prior to the start of the 2019–20 season, Michael was reassigned to that position, with Tim Alcorn—lead sports announcer and station manager at Cavaliers radio affiliate WEOL in Elyria—being hired as Michael's successor.{{r|TApbp1}}{{r|TApbp2}}

The radio network was rebranded as the "Cavaliers AudioVerse" beginning with the 2022–23 season.{{Cite press release |title=WJYD 107.1 FM Joins Cleveland Cavaliers AudioVerse as Columbus Affiliate for 2022-23 Season |url=https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/releases-wjyd-columbus-affiliate-221005 |access-date=October 23, 2022 |date=October 5, 2022 |publisher=Cleveland Cavaliers |location=Cleveland, Ohio}}

Announcers

class="wikitable" style="float:left;text-align:left;"
style="width:150px; {{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};"\|Play-by-play ! style="width:180px; {{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};"\|Commentary ! style="width:180px; {{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};"\|Pregame/Postgame
Tim Alcorn \|Jim Chones \|Mike Snyder, Brad Sellers

class="wikitable" style="float:left;text-align:left;"

style="width:150px; {{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Play-by-play

! style="width:180px; {{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Commentary

! style="width:180px; {{NBA color cell|Cleveland Cavaliers|border=2}};"|Pregame/Postgame

Tim Alcorn

|Jim Chones

|Mike Snyder, Brad Sellers

Station list

scope="col"; style="{{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};" \| Callsign ! scope="col"; style="{{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};" \| Frequency ! scope="col"; style="{{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};" \| Band ! scope="col"; style="{{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};" \| City ! scope="col"; style="{{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};" \| State ! scope="col"; style="{{NBA color cell\|Cleveland Cavaliers\|border=2}};" \| Network status
class="wikitable sortable" \|+Network stations as of the 2024–25 Cavaliers season
scope="row" \| WTAM \| data-sort-value="001100" \| 1100 \|\| AM \|\| Cleveland \|\| Ohio \|\| Flagship
scope="row" \| WMMS \| data-sort-value="100700" \| 100.7 \|\| FM \|\| Cleveland \|\| Ohio \|\| Flagship
style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-bottom: 2px solid grey;" ! scope="row" \| W295DE \| data-sort-value="106990" \| 106.9	FM	Cleveland	Ohio	WTAM relay
scope="row" \| WAKR \| data-sort-value="001590" \| 1590 \|\| AM \|\| Akron \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W228EL \| data-sort-value="093590" \| 93.5	FM	Akron	Ohio	WAKR relay
scope="row" \| WZOO-FM \| data-sort-value="102500" \| 102.5 \|\| FM \|\| Ashtabula \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WHBC \| data-sort-value="001480" \| 1480 \|\| AM \|\| Canton \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WCSM \| data-sort-value="001350" \| 1350 \|\| AM \|\| Celina \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W262DC \| data-sort-value="100390" \| 100.3	FM	Celina	Ohio	WCSM relay
scope="row" \| WCSM-FM \| data-sort-value="096700" \| 96.7 \|\| FM \|\| Celina \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WJER \| data-sort-value="001450" \| 1450 \|\| AM \|\| Dover–New Phila. \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W265DL \| data-sort-value="100990" \| 100.9	FM	Dover–New Phila.	Ohio	WJER relay
scope="row" \| WEOL \| data-sort-value="000930" \| 930 \|\| AM \|\| Elyria–Lorain \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W262DM \| data-sort-value="100391" \| 100.3	FM	Elyria–Lorain	Ohio	WEOL relay
scope="row" \| WFOB \| data-sort-value="001430" \| 1430 \|\| AM \|\| Fostoria \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W289CP \| data-sort-value="105790" \| 105.7	FM	Fostoria	Ohio	WFOB relay
scope="row" \| WIMA \| data-sort-value="001150"\| 1150 \|\| AM \|\| Lima \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WJYD \| data-sort-value="107100" \| 106.3 \|\| FM \|\| London–Columbus \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WRGM \| data-sort-value="001440" \| 1440 \|\| AM \|\| Mansfield \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W294CK \| data-sort-value="106790" \| 106.7	FM	Mansfield	Ohio	WRGM relay
scope="row" \| WMOA \| data-sort-value="001490" \| 1490 \|\| AM \|\| Marietta \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W267CQ \| data-sort-value="101390" \| 101.3	FM	Marietta	Ohio	WMOA relay
scope="row" \| WLKR-FM \| data-sort-value="095300" \| 95.3 \|\| FM \|\| Norwalk\|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WABQ \| data-sort-value="001460" \| 1460 \|\| AM \|\| Painesville\|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W234DO \| data-sort-value="094790" \| 94.7	FM	Painesville	Ohio	WABQ relay
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W225CW \| data-sort-value="092990" \| 92.9	FM	Parkersburg	West Virginia	WJAW relay
scope="row" \| WLEC \| data-sort-value="001450" \| 1450 \|\| AM \|\| Sandusky \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate
style="background-color:#DFEBF6;" ! scope="row" \| W228EN \| data-sort-value="093591" \| 93.5	FM	Sandusky	Ohio	WLEC relay
scope="row" \| WJAW \| data-sort-value="000630" \| 630 \|\| AM \|\| St. Marys\|\| West Virginia \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WWIZ \| data-sort-value="103900" \| 103.9 \|\| FM \|\| West Middlesex\|\| Pennsylvania \|\| Affiliate
scope="row" \| WBBW \| data-sort-value="001240" \| 1240 \|\| AM \|\| Youngstown \|\| Ohio \|\| Affiliate

Asterisk (*) indicates HD Radio broadcast.
Blue background indicates low-power FM translator.

= Network map =

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Canton, Ohio|marker10=communications-tower|marker-color10=#BC945C|type11=point|coord11={{coord|40|40|47.00|N|84|6|34.00|W}}|title11=WIMA|description11=1150 AM
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London, Ohio|marker14=communications-tower|marker-color14=#BC945C|type15=point|coord15={{coord|41|26|28|N|82|41|14|W}}|title15=WLEC|description15=1450 AM / 93.5 FM
Sandusky, Ohio|marker15=communications-tower|marker-color15=#BC945C|type16=point|coord16={{coord|41|16|49.00|N|82|39|26.00|W}}|title16=WLKR-FM|description16=95.3 FM
Norwalk, Ohio|marker16=communications-tower|marker-color16=#BC945C|type17=point|coord17={{coord|39|25|09|N|81|28|35|W}}|title17=WMOA|description17=1490 AM / 101.3 FM
Marietta, Ohio|marker17=communications-tower|marker-color17=#BC945C|type18=point|coord18={{coord|41|16|50.2|N|81|37|21.44|W}}|title18=WTAM|description18=1100 AM / 106.9 FM
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West Middlesex, Pennsylvania|marker19=communications-tower|marker-color19=#BC945C|type20=point|coord20={{coord|41|49|44.1|N|80|49|27.3|W}}|title20=WZOO-FM|description20=102.5 FM
Ashtabula, Ohio|marker20=communications-tower|marker-color20=#BC945C|zoom=7}}{{clear}}

References

External links

[https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/broadcast Cavaliers Radio Network]
[http://www.siriusxm.com/clevelandcavaliers SiriusXM.com: Cleveland Cavaliers]
[http://tunein.com/radio/Cleveland-Cavaliers-s261349/ TuneIn.com: Cleveland Cavaliers]
[http://www.nba.com/leaguepass NBA League Pass Audio]

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